St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

other body except the women has any
idea of of. It's women that are causing
ali the trouble: it's women that are the
victims, and it's women that can alone
appreciate the situation. Two dozen
women employed to wound their sex's
tendereSt spot, and hundreds-yes,
thousands of women their prey! Why,
it's too monstrOus to believe. A
woman'S tenderest spot is her self-re-
speet-call it vanity, if you please-and
while it is shocking enough to have that
sacrificed by man, it is thousand
times worse when it is done by a
woman.
"And now I'll trouble you to step into
this room for moment" said anpudgy-
faced, tilted-nosed little Sauce-bOX to my
very dear friend, Miss Eloise Blank,
who is one OF the dearest, as she is one
of the most fashionable girls in town.
Such look as she gave me when those
words were uttered | never shall forget.
| knew what volumes it meant, for
among other things in her-well, in her
costume, was a little bead trimming in
tended for me, only enough for vest
and side panel of a skirt-a trif1e alto
gether too frivolous for great govern
ment to bother about, I'm certain.
ElOiSe had not known anything about
this ridiculous new idea of having fe-
male inspectors. When she returned
two years ago she put her principal little
knick-knackS, including splendid piece
of exquisite velvet-enOugh for two
dresses-on in place of three skirts and
left nearly everything in her trunk, and
on the top of all box of the very best
cigars, which she told the inspector she
was bringing to her papa, but which she
1Na r,Ino hn
help himself to. He was perfect gen.
tleman. He pocketed eight or ten, and
never looked at thing she had. Well,
this time she did the same thing, cigars
and all, only she heard ON the steamer
that the government was making itself
very odiOuS this year; and so, on second
thought, she made up the trimmings for
three or four hats into the right-Shaped
bundle and put it in place of her hustle,
which she left in her state room for the
stewardess. Then she arranged her
more expensive other things about her
person and went ashore on the wharf
with.
AS LIGHT A HEART .
and as easy conscience as ever young
lady carried Il suppose l should say
smuggled, in view of the present state
of things.)
She didn't have much; some silk, the
hat trimmings, the jewel trimmings for
me, pretty little Partisan watch for
her little sister, who was to have had it
at her wedding, chain for the watch,
half a dozen ostrich feathers, a pair of
beautiful pearl earrings, only very
few gloves, little lace of two or three
kinds, and just a few other trifieS-in
all not worth more than S4O0 or $500 at
the outside: for her real purchases were
n nf {1,o oh n
| hardly any back and two long tabs in
! front, and some dresses and silk stock
| ings, and things which she had put on
at least once, and which no horrid gov
eminent mink could object to. Really,
| she was quite moderate for young girl
| who had not been across to the other
side for two years. On the steamer, in
| her room, before we landed, she gave
me peep at some of the things that
she had substituted for her clothes, and
she remarked, very truly, that it was
worth all she saved to have to go to SO
much trouble, and feel so stuffy, and
carry such weight. and be constantly
| dreading that something would get loose
and trail along behind her.
| She looked a trifie short and un-
wieldy, a trif1le matronish, as / told her,
but we both agreed that no man would
notice anything about her. She said
she had signed paper declaring that
she had nothing dutiable and she never
had doubt, poor girl, that everything
was all right You may think what you
| please, If you are man and are reading
this, but a lady does not comprehend all
this protection policy and revenue non
sense, she knows that it is wrong fol
merchants, and dreSSmakerS, and jew
elers, and horrid opium spectators, and
| business folks, and dishonest people
| generally to smuggle for gain, but nc
lady considers that the law applies tC
her. She is abroad where certain things
are cheaper than here. She can buy
some of them if there is no duty to pay
on them, whereas she could not buy
them with the duty added. They are
only little knick-knacks anyhow, and
| she can not. she ought not to be asked
to, comprehend that this is wrong
Furthermore, she trusts to her wits tC
| get her through. And let me tell the
| government that it is risky thing tC
expose lady when she is trusting tt
her wits. 1t is the objectionable sin.
| Well, / never saw such sight as me-
my eyes on that wharf half an hOul
after Eloise stepped ashore. For mo-
ment l was
| INCLINED TO LAUGH.
1t was when the lid of her bigges
trunk flew up and the tray taken Off an(
the box of cigars was to be seen al
| ready for the inspector. Dear me! They
were lost Oh that Saucy woman, wh(
actually put them on her list as dutiable
She found heap of other things tina